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noun
A function that assigns a scalar value to every point in space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
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noun
The field (algebraic structure) for which scalar multiplication is defined for a given vector space; field of scalars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: linear-algebra, mathematics, sciences
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noun
a field of scalars
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: field
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